Editor's Picks April 2-5

Thursday:

Recloose

Though the main Asian event in Gilles Petersen’s Worldwide Festival is going down in Singapore, The Shelter is bringing you a taste tonight. Recloose is a Detroit DJ/producer who’s put out albums on Carl Craig’s Planet E label. He will spin soulful techno, house, disco, boogie, and whatever else he pleases. V-Nutz, Drunk Monk and Alan Shanyinde will spin in support.

The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Lu

9:00-3:00

40 RMB cover

Friday:

Microshelter featuring Nick Hoppner

The most popular minimal party in town gets better with special guest Nicholas Hoppner of MyMy. With Microshelter’s own Tootekool, Ben Huang, dji, and VJ Hean.

The Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Lu

9:00-3:00

50 RMB cover

JZ Latin Band

These guys and gals continue to rock the only full scale salsa band in Shanghai. Where other venues only want to pay three dudes and a drum machine JZ says “No. We want the whole party!” They will be joined by Xinjiang/flamenco openers Kuzu.

JZ Club, 46 Fuxing Lu near Yongfu Lu

10:00-3:00

30 RMB cover

Saturday:

Tie Fu Tu

Beijing metal! Yeah! Live bar continues to hold up the lighter for Shanghai’s metal scene, which doesn’t always get the loving it needs.

Live Bar, 721 Kunming Lu near Tongbei Lu and the Dalian Lu stop on the #4 Line

9:30 start

30 RMB cover

Hard Queen EP Release Party

Join the hard-working local new-wave/pop band and party to celebrate their new EP. Boys Climbing Ropes are there to share in the fun.

YuYinTang, 1731 Yan’an Xi Lu, enter from Kaixuan Lu

9:00 start

30 RMB cover

Sunday:

Liang Yiyuan and Li Dai

YuYinTang keep their Sunday experimental magic going, such that it now seems like Sunday is the night for jams AND weirdness. Li Dai does an acoustic thing with various instruments from China and other places, strange intonation, and jams, while Liang Yiyuan does some dark, haunting electro-acoustic music.